5/3/2025, 5:21 PM
all through early morning they have traveled.
he does not allow for her to carry any weight. his backside draped in the wrapped seal's hide, carrying a plethora of meats and many herbs and goods she has gathered herself and added to his growing collection. they do not travel light; and this was a good thing. in hopes of coming across more of their people, isulix would be prepared to display the bounty that they will bring.
during these days, he is not blind to her beauty. perhaps she is the most beautiful girl he has seen, and isulix grows fond in ways that are noticeable. but it is not yet in the way of him courting her; no. he is dutiful to her in the way any seal hunter man would be. ensuring she is fed with proper diet, and even when it goes against his own reserved nature, he splendors her with conversation should she have it.
a great cove opens up and isulix gazes in quiet admiration of its tall edges and the sea that washes to shore within. chuffing light words to saila as he goes ahead of her, rangy legs leading him further in, and his nose relishing in the smell of sea salt and brine as it envelops the both of them.